Marie Marguerite de Valois (1444–1473) was the
Illegitimate
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daughter of
King Charles VII of France
Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (french: le Victorieux) or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, Charles VII inherited the throne of ...
and his
mistress
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Romance and relationships
* Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a ...
Agnès Sorel
Agnès Sorel (; 1422 – 9 February 1450), known by the sobriquet ''Dame de beauté'' (Lady of Beauty), was a favourite and chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters. She is considered the first officially r ...
.
She had two sisters,
Charlotte de Valois (1446–1477) and Jeanne de Valois (born 1448).
Marie married Olivier de Coétivy, Count of Taillebourg.
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House of Valois
1436 births
1473 deaths
Illegitimate children of French monarchs
15th-century French people
15th-century French women
Daughters of kings
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